Mayantoc, Tarlac

Mayantoc
Municipality

Mayantoc Town Hall

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Map of Tarlac showing the location of Mayantoc
Mayantoc

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 15°37′N 120°23′E / 15.62°N 120.38°E / 15.62; 120.38Coordinates: 15°37′N 120°23′E / 15.62°N 120.38°E / 15.62; 120.38
Country Philippines
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Tarlac
District 1st District
Founded 1917
Barangays 24 (see §Barangays)
Government[1]
 • Mayor Iluminado E. Pobre Jr.
Area [2]
 • Total 311.42 km2 (120.24 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 32,232
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP code 2304
IDD : area code  +63 (0)45
Income class 3rd class[4]
Website www.mayantoc.gov.ph

Mayantoc is a third class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 32,232 people.[3]

It is nestled in the foothills of the Zambales Mountains where the Camiling River originates and provides many scenic picnic and swimming sites, making it known as the summer capital of the province. The most common road to Mayantoc starts at "Crossing Mayantoc", at the national highway to Camiling, Tarlac just after the Tarlac College of Agriculture campus.

Barangays

Mayantoc is administratively divided into 24 barangays:

Name PSGC code [2] pop. (2010)[5]
Ambalingit 036908001 636
Baybayaoas 036908002 419
Bigbiga 036908003 1,350
Binbinaca 036908004 563
Calabtangan 036908005 574
Caocaoayan 036908006 643
Carabaoan 036908007 820
Cubcub 036908008 486
Gayonggayong 036908009 414
GoSo0D 036908010 767
Labney 036908011 922
Mamonit 036908012 2,305
Maniniog 036908013 755
Mapandan 036908014 1,406
Nambalan 036908015 1,443
Pedro L. Quines 036908016 1,794
Pitombayog 036908017 2,089
Poblacion Norte 036908018 3,367
Poblacion Sur 036908019 3,077
Rotrottooc 036908020 1,172
San Bartolome 036908021 1,576
San Jose 036908022 1,547
Taldiapan 036908023 700
Tangcarang (Melecio Manganaan) 036908024 1,162

History

The first settlers of Mayantoc before the coming of Christian migrants were the negritos of the Abiling tribe. As they arrived in great numbers, so the natives were soon forced to move deeper into the forest areas of the Zambales mountain range.

The Christian settlers, mostly came from the Ilocos region, notably the towns of Cabugao, Tagudin, Sarrat, Paoay, Sinait and Bacarra settled in villages in the southern portion of the thriving town of Camiling, acknowledged as the mother town of Mayantoc. These villages later formed the barangay of Mayantoc under the township of Camiling. The place was still a forested area where rattan was abundant, a palm known by visitor traders as “Yantoc”, so that in time the barangay became known as Na Maraming Yantoc – the place of yantoc – later just Ma-Yantoc. As the barangay progressed and grew in the size and population, its inhabitants retained "Mayantoc" as its official name.

In an effort to convert the barangay of Mayantoc into a town, a petition signed by the inhabitants was sent to the proper authorities on 23 December 1916, with title deeds of several parcels of lands attached for the proposed school, market, plaza and town hall sites.

There were many others who helped in the birth of the new town, including Governor Gardner and Representative Luis Morales. Don Sergio Osmena, the speaker of House of Representative also helped in the granting of the people's petition. Then the American Governor General Francisco Burton Harrison promulgated Executive Order No. 96 declaring Mayantoc a separate town from Camiling and the new town was inaugurated in 17 January 1917. Don Manuel de Leon, then Governor of Tarlac province appointed Castillan Antonio Sanz, as the town first Municipal President. However Sanz was autocratic in Spanish customs and was in office for only six months, before a petition seeking his ousting, signed by several municipal councilors.

When the provincial board of Tarlac received the petition, Antonio Sanz was unseated, to be succeeded by the Vice President, Don Francisco Pascual Santos. That same year, an election was held in which Don Francisco P. Santos became the first elected Municipal President of Mayantoc.

The question of leadership having been popularly decided, the townspeople then took up the task of building the physical facilities of the community. The problem of a presentable Presidencia came up. But the municipal government was very poor. Bridges and roads were urgently needed. Canals along the roads of the town, especially around the plaza, needed digging. There were plenty of problems but few resources. The principal resource was the people themselves, imbued with pioneering spirit, cooperative and loyal to the leadership. The people donated whatever material they could afford, and freely gave their time and labor on the different projects of the new town.

Demographics

Population census of Mayantoc
YearPop.±% p.a.
1918 5,480—    
1939 7,196+1.31%
1948 7,988+1.17%
1960 10,228+2.08%
1970 13,558+2.86%
1975 16,427+3.92%
1980 17,135+0.85%
1990 21,170+2.14%
1995 22,952+1.53%
2000 24,693+1.58%
2007 27,274+1.38%
2010 29,987+3.51%
2015 32,232+1.38%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][5][6][7]


In the 2015 census, the population of Mayantoc, Tarlac, was 32,232 people,[3] with a density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometre or 260 inhabitants per square mile.

Points of interest

The forested area of Mayantoc includes:

The municipality also features the Hidden Paradise in Barangay Pedro Quines.

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References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Province: Tarlac". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "NSCB - ActiveStats - PSGC Interactive - Concepts and Definitions - Income Classification". nscb.gov.ph.
  5. 1 2 Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City and Municipality. NSO. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Province of Tarlac". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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